Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag, June 9, 1981) is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 action film Leon: The Professional, but mainstream success came when she was cast as Padme Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In 2011 she won a Best Actess Oscar for her role in The Black Swan.